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micturition

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mic⋅tu⋅ri⋅tion

[mik-chuh-rish-uhn]
–noun
the act of passing urine; urination.

Origin:
1715–25; < L micturī(re) to desire to urinate (see micturate ) + -tion
mic·tu·rate   (mĭk'chə-rāt', mĭk'tə-)   
intr.v.   mic·tu·rat·ed, mic·tu·rat·ing, mic·tu·rates
To urinate.

[From Latin micturīre, to want to urinate, desiderative of meiere, to urinate; see meigh- in Indo-European roots.]
mic'tu·ri'tion (-rĭsh'ən) n.

Micturition

Mic`tu*ri"tion\, n. [L. micturire to desire to make water, v. desid. fr. mingere, mictum, to make water.] The act of voiding urine; also, a morbidly frequent passing of the urine, in consequence of disease.

micturition 
1725, "the need very badly to urinate," from L. micturitum, from pp. of micturire "to desire to urinate," desiderative of mingere "to urinate," related to meiere (see mash (n.)). As during the final 20 minutes of a 4-hour film after drinking a 32-ounce Mountain Dew from the snack bar and the movie ends with a drawn-out farewell scene while Frodo is standing on the pier and wavelets lap audibly on the dock as if the director was a sadist set on compounding your torment.

Main Entry: mic·tu·ri·tion
Pronunciation: "mik-ch&-'rish-&n, "mik-t&-
Function: noun
: URINATIONmic·tu·ri·tion·al /-&l/ adjective

micturition mic·tu·ri·tion (mĭk'chə-rĭsh'ən, -tə-)
n.

  1. See urination.
  2. The desire to urinate.
  3. The frequency of urination.

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